Xibalbaonyx exinferis Stinnesbeck et al. 2020 (edentate)

Mammalia - Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae

Full reference: S. R. Stinnesbeck, W. Stinnesbeck, E. Frey, J. Aviles Olguín, and A. H. González González. 2020. Xibalbaonyx exinferis n. sp. (Megalonychidae), a new Pleistocene ground sloth from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Historical Biology

Belongs to Xibalbaonyx according to S. R. Stinnesbeck et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Xibalbaonyx microcaninus, Xibalbaonyx oviceps

Type specimen: CPC-2774, a mandible. Its type locality is Cenote Tortugas, which is in a Pleistocene sinkhole carbonate in Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Cenote Tortugas

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